How to Pronounce the American R Sound: American R Part 1

[@maigabor]

1:29 begins 1:49 tongue position 5:10 lips position 5:31 tension 6:48 practice

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Thanks

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TY TY

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Thanks

[@Humph3rd]

me practicing the R sound by itself "ayy this is easy i got this" me practicing the R sound in a word : "wight" "weady"

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Fr🤣🤣

[@alejandroa518]

Same 😂

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Same😂 I was like weeed

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Tongue roll boiz

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I'm Canadian, and English is my first language. I've always had problems with hard "R's", so thank you so much for this.

[@tufailkhan4545]

Wow that's great.

[@douglasmarinho3653]

You're Canadian and have problems with the R sound now imagine me that I don't even speak English

[@williamtoffolon5803]

Im from France live in India nd have problem sayin r thank you

[@Snubrevolver]

How do you mean? What does it sound like when you say "Ruger", "Rice" or "Ready"?

[@Wheatvein]

Hard R

[@isaiahurquilla6357]

Grew up in L.A., still cant say my R's for the life of me. After watching the 3 videos, and practicing. Every day it gets a little bit better

[@ClearEnglishCorner]

Awesome Isaiah Urquilla! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗

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Haha, Update us

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@@paulmartins9291 he got it 😁

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Chure man, no problem.

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Wait whaaa?? Really? didnt expect that lullll

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When you find the best youtuber that helps you with the "r" sound

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Awesome Braden Niemczyk! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗

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Facts

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Hello there

[@heeheeheeheeheehee]

im german. our english teacher is british but its up to us how we want to talk/pronounce things etc. i swear i can speak 100% perfect american english but the r. THE GOD DAMN R

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Ich auch man

[@Seastorm_music]

hahahhaha same

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Shiza

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same, Ich will doch nur really und very aussprechen, ohne das es sich wie weally oder vewy anhöhrt ):

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@@MiniSparki ja bei mir auch

[@luckybarrel7829]

OMG! I was struggling with this forrreverrr. I finally heard my mouth make this sound for the first time after following your instructions. Thank you!

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I'm so grateful to you! I'm 72 years old and even I speak a bit of English I' m improving It through your lessons. May God bless you!

[@gino2934]

I always hated how weird my „r„ sounds, this video really helped me, now I just need to stop replacing the „th„ sound with „d„ and I'll be more than happy to speak english

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When i try to say "Room" it sounds like "Woom" or "Wroom".. Idk what im doing wrong

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same :( my friends always make fun of me

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same

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Law

[@lil_takki]

thats owo af

[@sirin_ragtag9709]

Even as a native English speaker, I could never pronounce the "r" noise correctly and always cringed when I heard myself use it. This really helped me with that and I'll try to practice it everyday! Thank you so much! ❤️

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Same

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Same

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Same

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Brazilian here, trying to learn english... i feel myself like a bumpkin trying to speak!😂😂😂😂

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my name is Abid & I am from Pakistan, I lived 15 years in Dubai, I am working on American accent , and your way of teaching is so helpful. Thanks a lot

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Your pace when you are speaking is amazing, because along the sentences you keep the accent. Even when you slow it (rate of speed) in order to show up how the words must be pronounced. You are the best. Simply the best. (I am a spanish speaker).

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Thank you for your kind words Luis Amiel! So glad you are enjoying the lessons! 😊🤗💕

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That is wonderful Sunday Sommers! I am very honored to help this young lady in reaching her speaking goals! 😊 My very best wishes to you both!

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I just came across this channel and watched this video. I took an instant liking to how you gave explanation. Then I decided to subscribe. I'm from Indonesia. Thank you.

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I'm actually surprised how much it's easy to process these. I'm an Indian and I have troubles on pronouncing r's. Because Indians say r's so roughly! Now, my r's were fixed! Thank you so much!

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make sure you work on those v/w and j/z sounds. Indians always have a rough time differentiating those letters apart but native speakers can tell a clear difference.

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Ur d best n ur d preettiest English teacher of my life. Mean everything positively. Pls teach th sound cos it's very difficult fr Indians

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So I’m Greek and trying to learn English wasn’t very hard. The trickiest thing for me was to pronounce the letters R and L properly because they are so phonetically different than the Greek ones. This video was very helpful. Thnx 😊

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You don't have to understand everything a teacher is saying. That's the reason we find it frustrations when we are listening to other speakers.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, YOUR A LIFE SAVER :) English is my first language, but after 7 years in speech, i could never pronouce r's. after 5 mins of this video I can- This made me so happy, even if this videos old

[@nere9073]

I finally made it to say words starting with „Ra“ this is the only video I found yet wich was actually helping me.

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This was the best video I've ever seen on how to pronounce the R sound. Thank you so much.

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Finally! Thank you so much for your lessons! 5 Years I've been trying and you did it in 5 minutes. Thank you so much!

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Awesome Jamepok! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗

[@Itsareej1]

Omg it actually worked ! This’s like the first time I pronounce it right

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This is the best video on the "American R sound" I have come across on KZbin so far. Great job you did! Thanks

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Awesome Arthur B! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗 What a wonderful compliment!!!💕💕

[@bingo7179]

Im currently 20, and i have been struggling with 'r' for a long time but, the tips on 2:06 literally works for me , thanks a lot

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Thank you so much for your explanations/ It is very clear for Spanish speaking students to learn.

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Thank you enjoying watching your videos at 5am in the UK aha trying to learn accents as I’m an actor and my agent advised me to learn some for future castings! As Iv already been in movies but extras with accents I’ll be able to maintain a star role on the future

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[@Alisson_123]

I seriously watched 1000 videos of saying R and I couldn’t do it, but then I found your vid and now I’m an expert

[@JanMarsalekWirecard]

I speak german and french and the english r is like so soft comared to „är“ and „errr“

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I picked this lesson up i love you pronounciation ur voice so clear like water

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As usual a perfect and super useful lesson!! Thank you so so much!! 💕 I’m a teacher of English by the way, and I’m trying to build my American accent. I believe now I have a pretty neutral accent, but my goal is to sound as much as a native speaker as possible, and your videos help me so much. You are amazing, thank you again for your work! ☺️🌺💕

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I always thought the way I pronounce the R sound with my tongue tip curled up is wrong and should be corrected. Luckily I saw your video here. Thank you for your detailed explanation for this. I really appreciate this, especially the sure pronunciation practice.

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Thank you very much! I believe it's the easiest case of R (at the beginning). Looking forward for the next more challenging lessons :D

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I hate the way I pronounce R if I try to say bird it sounds like board

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You are most welcome أم أحمد! 😊 You are off to a good start just by being here and taking active steps toward improvement- good for you! 🤗🤗🤗 Stay tuned for information on imitation lessons to really help take your skills to the next level!

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Thank you Mayi Salas! 😊

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Thank you for the video, probably the best instruction on making the /r/ sound on KZbin, especially the tips of using /I/ sound to build the /r/ sound.

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I have a friend that has trouble pronouncing the word WORK....every time she says it sounds like WALK distinctively...... any suggestions on how I can her her pronounce WORK properly? I think its the R after the Vowel in WORK? Thanks.

[@ClearEnglishCorner]

Depending on your friend's native language, it might be the ER sound that giver her trouble. This lesson can help here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4PSfWyPf8ZjorM Also, a lot of people get confused because of the letter O in this word. Even though there's an O, there's no O+ER sound. It's just ER. Just like in the word WERE. The word "work is pronounced "WERE" + "K." WERK. Hope this helps! I need to make a lesson on this one... 😊

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I would be this person, haha, people always find it funny when I say WORK

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As someone who can pronounce this easily, I don't know why I'm here.

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I searched for it for literally no reason in particular lmao

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Same situation)

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i can pronouce r too but a friend asked how to pronounce the sound because they can't so i'm just watching this

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Stop.. enough xd

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I just put the tip of my tongue up. I've been trying to put it dawn, but it feels like if I were having a stroke..ahhh. Thanks for this great lesson..peace.

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Awesome J. waits! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗

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Huh seems like I already do this. I guess growing up in Texas helped.

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during the videos all the roommates hair my R R RRR ARRR , like your about to start your car

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LOL

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Thanks for this video ,i'm demba from France i'm seveteen i learn english since 4 years and thanks to you i finally learn how to do the r song . thx you coach

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Awesome Kylian Mbappé! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗

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I’m ten, from America, I just have an accent! So I get ya, it is hard to pronounce the “R” sound

Thanks.

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You are most welcome Élcio S. Cunha! 😊

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Thank you Ismail Hussain! 😊

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When I say "dark" it sounds like "dock"

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For me it sounds like dawuk

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sounds like british lol

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nice video mam

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Thank you Kashif Ali Khan! 😊

[@thebuddyeducation7347]

Thank you! This was very clear and helpful. Our Thai students struggle making the English "r" sound and these exercises will help them.

[@ClearEnglishCorner]

Awesome The Buddy Kids Knowledge Development! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗 Be sure to check out part 2 and 3 of this series to get tips on all the different R sounds!

[@binglu7231]

i really wanna know the tongue tip up or down,cuz i am Chinese, in my country we put the tip tongue up when we pronounce r sound. 😂😂

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Wow, her videos are excellent! I’ve been a volunteer tutor with English language learners and these are an asset as a teaching tool

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Whenever I try to say R my voice gets noticeably lower because I’m trying to force it more, any advice?

[@ClearEnglishCorner]

Yes- I am not sure your native language but many of my students produce the R as more of a "throaty" sound when in American English the sound is more forward in placement. It resonates, or "lives" more under the nose than in the throat. Make sure the muscles of your neck, throat and shoulders are relaxed and think the sound "forward." Aim it "up and out" vs. "back and down."

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I just love your classes. Your talking is more like a song to me. So I get everything correctly. Thanks.

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Thank you Jorge Moreno! 😊

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I like your voice because it's very clear for me to catch. I think you utter some sounds with vocal fry and that's why I can hear the sounds you created while you are talking? It would be greatly appreciated if you could show me how and when you use to make sounds with vocal fry because I have been learning to use vocal fry so that I hope that my English sounds can make being more like American English sounds.

[@samdabeast3186]

I can only pronounce my R’s as a L, so it sounds like “led” not “red”

[@Dr.CaveCurinas]

I've always found that interesting, as an American I've found that the l and r are opposites. L is produced at the front of the mouth with the tongue sticking forward, where R is produced at the very back, almost in the throat. I also speak Italian, and they pronounce their r's with the tip of the tongue towards the ridge of their mouth, creating an L-like sound in the process.

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The American R is actually closer to a V (not necessarily in sound but mouth positioning.) If you practice saying VRVRVR it will probably help you.

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i can’t say words like “world”, “word”.. it just sounds weird

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I find it easier if I put the “L” in “World”!!! P.S. I used to have that problem too ☺️

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English isn't my native language, so when I was trying to say "murderer" (don't judge pls 😂) it sounded like "murwderwewr" so that's why I am watching this video lol.

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Muwder 🤣🤣🤣🤣 funny! Good Luck 😄

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Awesome! Welcome Ben Singh Chauhan! Thanks so much for supporting the channel! Let me know what questions you have as you are watching different lessons 😊

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I hate the letter R

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